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Marissa Evans reports on health and human service policy issues for the Tribune and has been in Austin since October 2016.
The ruling comes after a trial in July at which patients, health providers, state agency officials, bioethicists, cemetery directors, and religious leaders testified.
The number of Texas women who died from pregnancy complications in 2012 is being cut by more than half through a new state method.
A wave of Texas women candidates won or made it to the runoffs in more than 50 primary races statewide.
The Trump administration is guaranteeing Texas $135 million to continue helping more than 450,000 uninsured children and pregnant women if Congress doesn’t renew authorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Two days after the end of the legislative session, Gov. Greg Abbott held a public ceremony to sign four major child welfare bills into law.
After months of calls from advocates, both chambers unanimously passed bills on Wednesday that would change how the DFPS cares for vulnerable children.
The struggle is real for Yolanda White.She prays every day her car makes it to her job at Lufkin State Supported Living Center.
Texas’ children facing abuse and neglect will be a major focus during the 85th Legislative Session as lawmakers grapple with a tight budget
Reproductive rights advocates worry that Texas lawmakers will defund abortion providers and dismantle access to sexual health services.
As Republicans prepare to dismantle Obamacare, mental health advocates worry that benefits for counseling and substance abuse will be lost in the shuffle.